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Thylacodon pusillus

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Thylacodon pusillus was named by Matthew and Granger (1921) [genotype]. Its type specimen is AMNH 16414, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Thylacodon.

It was recombined as Peradectes pusillus by Matthew and Granger (1939), Clemens (1979), Archibald (1982) and Eberle and Lillegraven (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Thylacodon pusillus Matthew and Granger
1930Thylacodon pusillus Hay p. 396
1939Peradectes pusillus Matthew and Granger
1979Peradectes pusillus Clemens p. 193
1982Peradectes pusillus Archibald
1983Thylacodon pusillus Krishtalka and Stucky
1987Thylacodon pusillus Archibald et al.
1993Thylacodon pusillus Williamson and Lucas
1996Thylacodon pusillus Johanson
1996Thylacodon pusillus Williamson
1998Peradectes pusillus Eberle and Lillegraven
2012Thylacodon pusillus Williamson et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—Herpetotheriidae(Trouessart 1879)
genusThylacodon
speciespusillus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Thylacodon pusillus Matthew and Granger 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available